Ignoring the Christie stuff, and just looking at TSA, this is no surprise to me.

a) Personal observation of Amateur Hour at airport checkpoints.

b) I know a guy who until recently ran a different kind of security at a a major U.S. international airport*, after a distinguished career doing other hard things in bad places. His professional interactions with TSA and related matters has him with an ironclad that he never violates no matter how far he has to travel domestically: Do Not Fly Commercial — EVER!